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Significados de furtive em inglês

Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed.

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Secret and sly or sordid.

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Uso de furtive em inglês
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He conceived the idea that there was something furtive in her movements.
Fire-Tongue
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The furtive quality in that quick peek sort of breaks Jack's heart.
Black house
3
The next thing you notice is the furtive look of the thief.
History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Sant...
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In his eyes shone the furtive, terrified light of the trapped criminal.
The Black Box
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People looked furtive, and went in and out of the houses furtively.
Flames
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He crouched down in the bows and stole a furtive glance back.
Lord Jim
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This program of furtive meetings in the hills would have to discontinue.
Burning Daylight
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Harold and Sarah exchanged a furtive look: What should they tell him?
The sherlockian
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His demeanor was no longer that of a furtive, ever-wary sand dweller.
Mentats of Dune
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Methought I saw once more the furtive, shifty eyes of the maniac.
Tales of Destiny
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But furtive eyes soon relieved the artist from the charge of exaggeration.
His Sombre Rivals
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Zeke stole a furtive look at the owner of the joyous voice.
Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life
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But his furtive movements had not the serene impassibility of the somnambulist.
The Crusade of the Excelsior
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Something furtive in the round of the fellow's shoulders challenged his curiosity.
The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
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After a furtive glance along the street he crept into the temple.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 12, 1917
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The girls stared at the floor, or exchanged furtive glances of embarrassment.
Etheldreda the Ready: A School Story
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